Devils coach Pete DeBoer gave his players an optional morning skate today and gave an early interview in his old haunts at the BAC. First thing he said when he walked into interview room was, “Last time I was here I got fired!” Actually, he didn’t have a firing presser. We did it on phone but always a pleasure to deal with. Always honest DeBoer admitted that by the end of his three-year stint here there was friction with everybody. Refreshing.

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Tonight I will be wildly cheering for all of our players to perform at their very best, but my heart will be with our players who are going to be playing in their very first playoff game. I like to think of them as our long suffering Panther players.

Note to players: God speed in your mission tonight. We will be cheering like crazy for you tonight.

HARVEY FIALKOV, a tennis-playing sportswriter who grew up in Long Island following the dynastic Islanders, is the new Panthers beat writer for the Sun Sentinel and looking forward to writing about the best professional sports team in Broward County.